Car-fender



(No Model.)

W. HEMS TREET. GAR FENDER Patented Mar. 10,1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

l/VILLIAM HEMSTREET, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 556,267, dated March 10, 1896.

' Application filed August 1, 1895. Serial No- '7,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEMSTREET, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-fenders, and has relation to that class of car-fenders which are adapted to swing downward when struck by an object, and particularly adapted to be used in connection with the fender shown and claimed in my patent of May 7, 1895, No. 538,963.

The object of my invention is to provide a lever independently movable of the pivoted fender, which lever, through the intervention of the truck, operates the fender to raise its lower edge when the car-body moves downward to prevent the fender from striking the rail or the ground.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective of the lever mechanism in connection with the arm extending rearward from the fender.

A represents the fenders, which are constructed and pivoted to plate B in substantially the same manner as that shown and described in my hereinbefore-referred-to patent. Extending rearward from these fenders are the central arms 0, also substantially the same as that in said patent.

A lever D is intermediately pivoted to the under side of the car-body H at the point I, so that its rear end is a short lever while its forward end is a long one. The forward end has a U-shaped plate or block J spanning the rearwardly-extending arm of the fender, but not attached in any manner thereto. EX- tending across the car is the bar E having openings a, into which the intermediatelypivoted levers have their rear ends extend A spring I) is interposed between the forward long end of the lever and the car-body, as clearly shown.

The forward end of the fender is verysensitive to even the touch of an obstacle, such as a child, and will immediately descend in the manner described in my previous patent, the light spring only intervening to prevent. When the car-body descends, thus lowering the front end of the fender, the rear short end of the intermediately-pivoted lever engages the cross-bar E, thus throwing the forward end of the lever downward an increased distance, so that the forward end of the fender is raised from the rail to prevent its striking it, as will be readily understood. I am aware th at intermediately-pivoted levers have been used for this purpose, but the ends of the levers have been positively connected to the car-truck and to the fender, thus making a positive movement and not permitting any free independent movement of the fender, which is very objectionable. It will be noticed that the opposite ends of the lever in my invention are perfectly free and independent, so that they have an uninterrupted movement, which I consider very essential and necessary in a construction intended to work as and for the purpose set forth.

The plates 13 have formed in the upper walls of their slots the opening 6 for the passage of the bars at the upper end of the fender, so that the fender can be removed from one end of the car and placed in position at the opposite end of the car, as will be readily understood. This will only necessitate one set of fenders for each car, the fender being readily and easily removed from the plates.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a pivoted fender, of an arm or lever having its forward end connected with the fender to raise it, a lever intermediately pivoted to the car-body, the front and rear ends of the lever adapted to engage respectively the rear end of said arm and the car-truck, but disconnected therefrom to permit an independent movement, for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a pivoted car-fender of a rearwardly-extending arm, a lever intermediately pivoted to the car-body, the forward end of the lever engaging but independently movable of said center arm, the rear end of the lever engaging but independ ently movable of the car-truck, and a spring interposed between the front end of the lever and the car-body, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a pivoted fender having a rearwardly-extending arm, a lever pivoted in rear of its center to the car-body, the short rear end adapted to be operated by the car-truck, and its front end adapted to engage but have an independent movement of the fender-arm, substantially as shown.

it. The combination with two independently-operated fenders having the rearwardlyextending arms, a transverse bar having vertical openings, levers intermediately pivoted to'the car-body and having their rear ends passing through the said openings of the crossbar, the front ends of these levers-adapted to engage the rear ends of the said fender-arms, and the rear ends of the lever adapted to be operated by said cross-bar carried by the truck as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A car-fender comprising longitudinallyextending plates having longitudinal slots, fenders having pivotal bars within the slots, and the upper Walls of said slots being provided with an opening for the purpose of permitting the insertion of the said pivotal bars, substantially as described.

6. In a ear-fender, the combination of a forwardly-extending pivoted fender, and a lever intermediately pivoted to the car-body, its inner end engaging with but disconnected from the truck, and its forward end adapted to operate the fender when the ear body moves, but disconnected with said fender to permit an independent movement f or the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I ai'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\Vitnesses:

EDGAR IIoLMEs, JonN FOLEY. 

